Chinua Achebe

News about Chinua Achebe, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 23, 2013

Dwight Garner An Appraisal column on life and career of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who has died at age 82; notes Achebe, widely credited as father of modern African writing, examined colonialism and masculinity with sensitive understanding of how culture functions and what it means. MORE

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December 12, 2010, Sunday

The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which recognizes artists who have had an extraordinary impact in their field. The award, named after the silent film stars, will be delivered at a ceremony on...